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drachma 1. the former standard monetary unit of Greece, divided into 100 lepta; replaced by the euro in 2002 2. US another name for dram 3. a silver coin of ancient Greece 4. a unit of weight in ancient Greece How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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) (price of admission one drachma at the most); and they might pay their money, and laugh at Socrates if he pretends to father these extraordinary views. When our father died, worn out by age, he only left seven hundred silver drachmas to be divided amongst us, which made one hundred for each son. |
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